19th+C+-+1800's+YAL

The 19th century was called "the first age of great children's books."
 * Literature for girls emphasized home and family, conformity
 * Literature for boys emphasized hard work. achieving success
 * Genres - domestic novel (mid 1800s), dime novel, the series, realism (late 1800s)
 * Popular novels of the 19th century: Adventure's of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer, Robin Hood, Treasure Island, Little Women, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Boat Club (series), The Story of a Bad Boy (realism)
 * Wider readership, competition among publishing houses
 * First writer's to gain national attention - Louisa May Alcott, Horatio Alger
 * [|Book Cover for Horatio Alger's Adrift in New York]
 * [|First Edition Book Cover Little Women]